Date & Time:
May 6, 1942 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3710
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2133LT on May 5 on an operation to Stuttgart. Approaching the Belgian border, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Moranrieux. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jeffrey Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Sherwood Markland, pilot,
Sgt Anthony John Higgins, flight engineer,
Sgt John Arthur Edwards, observer,
Sgt Arthur Sylwood Lush, wireless operator,
P/O Robert Leonard Wootley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Russell Gahan, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jeffrey Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Sherwood Markland, pilot,
Sgt Anthony John Higgins, flight engineer,
Sgt John Arthur Edwards, observer,
Sgt Arthur Sylwood Lush, wireless operator,
P/O Robert Leonard Wootley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Russell Gahan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
